Successful Students
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5. Don’t sit on the back of the room. Successful student
minimize classroom distractions that interfere with learning.
Students want the best seat available for their entertainment
dollars, but willingly want the best seat for their educational dollars. Students
that sit in the back can’t possibly be there professor teammate. Why do they
expose themselves to the temptations of inactive classroom experiences? And distractions
of all people between them and their instructor? Of course, we know that they
choose the back of the classroom because they seek invisibility and anonymity,
both in which are antithetical to efficient and effective learning. If you are
trying not to be part of the class, then why are you wasting your time?
6. … take good notes. Successful students take notes that are
understandable and organized, and review them often.
Why put into your notes you don’t understand? Ask the
questions now that are necessary to make your notes meaningful in some later
time. A shot review of your notes while the material is still fresh in your
mind helps you learn more. The more you learn then. The less you have to learn
later and the less time it will take because you don’t have to include some
deciphering time, also. The whole purpose of taking notes to use them, and use
them often. The more you use them, the more they improve.
Choose the Right!!!!
